I spend over $1K a month commuting super 4 hours from DC to NYC for work: I love the thrill and adrenaline

Grace Chang goes the distance—about 500 miles a week, to be exact.

It’s the nearly four-hour commute from her home in Arlington, Virginia, to her job in Hell’s Kitchen that the married millennial makes twice a week at a cost of roughly $1,000 each month.

But despite her nightmare upbringing, Chang tells the Post she’s living the dream.

“I’ve always dreamed of working in New York – I love the excitement, the adrenaline of the city,” said the 28-year-old. “But there are definitely some weeks when I’m, like, ‘Why am I doing this?’

Well, it’s not because she’s a bird, not even a plane.

Chang, a financial analyst for Magnolia Bakery since May, is a “super traveler.”

And her hustle really takes the cake.

Black is among the number of interstate 9-to-5ers who commute long distances for work on a regular basis.

Upper West Side hairdresser Kaitlyn Jay, 30, from North Carolina, takes off through the clouds on a plane to complete her crazy 700-mile journey. Alex Heatzig, a project manager from San Francisco, California, pumps and pedals for three hours while biweekly cycling 50 miles to the office.

Kyle Rice, a healthcare technology guru from Wilmington, Delaware, on the other hand, routinely takes four separate trains into NYC’s financial district to get to his desk. For seats on the locomotives, the married father of two paid a total of $1,510 for unlimited monthly Amtrak and PATH passes.

Chang spends a significant chunk of change to make the trip.

“My 10-ride Amtrak pass costs about $790 a month,” she said. “I spend another $200 on trains once I’m in town.”

And getting to Penn Station every Monday morning is no small feat.

“On Sunday nights, I eat food and pack my clothes for the three days I’ll be in New York,” Chang explained, adding that she saves money by promoting food from home instead of dining out at restaurants in the Big Apple. “On Monday, I wake up at 4 in the morning, do my makeup, get ready, grab my stuff and go.”

The companion’s husband, Andrew, then drives her 15 minutes from their two-bedroom apartment in Virginia to a train station in Washington, DC, where she catches the 5 a.m. train to Midtown.

Chang’s trips are usually uneventful — giving her time to read, catch up on work, pay bills or watch Netflix.

Unless, of course, the continuous heat wave does not stop her walk.

“There have been some serious train delays due to the extreme heat,” said the super employee. “One time, we were stuck on the tracks for three hours, just sitting in Newark, New Jersey.”

The unpredictability of the weather and mass transit aside, Chang says that being in Gotham makes the fight worthwhile.

“I’m lucky enough to have friends and family in the area who let me live with them on the days I’m in town,” she said.

While working in the metropolis, Chang either stayed unpaid with her in-laws in northern New Jersey or a friend in Bayside, Queens.

She returns to Virginia on Wednesday evening and works remotely for the rest of the week.

“I try to optimize my time in New York,” Chang added. “I run to Central Park, enter the lottery for Broadway tickets.”

“I really focus on the positive aspects of being a super traveler,” she said. “If I thought about all the time I’m wasting on buses and trains, I’d probably leave.”